The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Name: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 9781491553404

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: The Classic Collection

Published: 05/12/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018Mark Twain’s classic coming-of-age novel that captured the imagination of AmericaGenerations of readers and listeners have enjoyed the ingenuous triumphs and feckless mishaps of boyhood days on the Mississippi. This classic of American wit and storytelling introduced Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, the Widow Douglas, and many other characters to the world, including, of course the boy who “was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad—and because all their children admired him so”: Huckleberry Finn.This novel is part of Brilliance Audio’s extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.

About Mark Twain

Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910). He is the author of the beloved classics The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and The Prince and the Pauper.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on December 09, 2023

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn conquer the world. Mississippi River, 1840’s. Two young little rascals get together after school. Hijinks ensue on every turn. Pranks, adventures, fence painting, murder. An innocent novel, an immortal classic. I just wish there was more Tom and Becky. Classics are oft......more

Goodreads review by Vit on May 17, 2025

Tom Sawyer was so young… I was so young… I envied him… Such a romantic life… Every step ends in the adventure… Even whitewashing the fence brings joy… Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melanchol......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on January 26, 2025

Adventures of Tom Sawyer is laugh out loud hilarious! My favorite scene is when Tom shares his medicine with Peter the Cat, and the cat knocks over everything in the room. When his Aunt asks him about what happened, he says oh that’s just how cats are. My second favorite scene is when Tom blurts out t......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 05, 2021

"He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though--and loathed him." "No, his mind is not for rent To any god or government. Always hopeful, yet discontent He knows changes aren’t permanent – But change is" Well, what is there to say about this one? It's one of those nove......more